In this event, political scientist and activist Cathy J. Cohen (interviewed in the issue), historian Rick Perlstein, and Boston Review contributing editor Adom Getachew will read from their work in BR and discuss the enduring impact of BR, and what our current political moment requires—of intellectuals, of journalists, and of us all.

Since its founding in 1975, Boston Review has published path-breaking writing and analysis on the most critical issues of our times. Its 50th anniversary issue, The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide, published this fall, brings together longtime collaborators including Robin D. G. Kelley (with the lead essay), Vivian Gornick (on Shulamith Firestone), and Elaine Scarry (on Plato and the poets), and celebrates classics from its archive. 

Learn more about the issue here, or become a member at bostonreview.net/memberships.

**We ask that all attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speaker and other guests. We will have a reception afterwards with light refreshments and books available for purchase.**

Speakers:

Cathy J. Cohen is an activist and D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Adom Getachew is Professor of Political Science and Race, Diaspora & Indigeneity and Interim Chair of the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago, author of Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination, and a contributing editor at Boston Review.

Rick Perlstein is the author of The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan; Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America and Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus.

Moderator: Joshua Cohen, Boston Review Co-Editor in Chief.

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